Obs. In 4–5 also trippe, trype, trep. [Derivation uncertain.]
a. ? A piece of rind of cheese. b. E. Anglian dial.: see quots. a. 1825, 1849.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Sompn. T., 39. Yif hym a busshel whete Malt or Reye A goddes kechyl or a trype [v.rr. trip, -pe, trep] of chese.
1823. Moor, Suffolk Words, s.v., ‘Is that a cream cheese?’ ‘No, it is only a trip.’
a. 1825. Forby, Voc. E. Anglia, Trip, s., a small cheese, made in summer, to be eaten in its soft and curdy state, or it soon becomes dry, tough, and uneatable.
1849. Raynbird, Agric. Suffolk, 301. Trip … differs from cream-cheeses as having no cream in, and being thicker.
